diff --git a/python-qt5.spec b/python-qt5.spec
index 09c2d6b..13fdf3c 100644
--- a/python-qt5.spec
+++ b/python-qt5.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 Summary: PyQt5 is Python bindings for Qt5
 Name:    python-qt5
 Version: 5.12.3
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv3
 Url:     http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/
@@ -367,6 +367,11 @@ sed -i \
   %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/{pyrcc5,pylupdate5,pyuic5}
 %endif
 
+if [ "%{_prefix}" != "/usr" ]; then
+  cp -ru %{buildroot}/usr/* %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/
+  rm -rf %{buildroot}/usr/*
+fi
+
 
 %if 0%{?with_python2}
 %files -n python2-qt5
@@ -531,6 +536,10 @@ sed -i \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 26 2019 Gwyn Ciesla <gwync@protonmail.com> - 5.12.3-3
+- Add ugly hack to work around setuptools issue for flatpak.
+- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1808
+
 * Fri Jun 28 2019 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.12.3-2
 - rebuild (qtbase/qtmultimedia)